Susan1
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"How the Novels Were Chosen
The novels on the top 100 list were chosen by the American public in a specially commissioned, demographically and statistically representative survey conducted by public opinion polling service YouGov. The Great American Read’s advisory panel, composed of 13 literary professionals, used their collective expertise to establish basic ground rules, break ties and maximize list variety. Panel members were not permitted to add books not already included in the larger survey results book list."
I just looked at the list. Flowers in the Attic? There's some great literature for you. ha My ex's daughter was not allowed to read it when she was 13. She did not know that she was the product of her mother getting pregnant by her sister's husband. I did, so I let her read my copy. It's not like they were blood related. Afterwards, she didn't know what the big deal was about not reading it. Some time later, after a fight with her mother's family, she came to me asking if I knew that her dad was not really her dad. And is that why she wasn't supposed to read Flowers in the Attic (which she told her mother I let her do). Sheesh.
I remember reading A Separate Peace, but all I can tell you is it was about a boys' school. I don't remember what the theme or point was or why it would be so popular.
The novels on the top 100 list were chosen by the American public in a specially commissioned, demographically and statistically representative survey conducted by public opinion polling service YouGov. The Great American Read’s advisory panel, composed of 13 literary professionals, used their collective expertise to establish basic ground rules, break ties and maximize list variety. Panel members were not permitted to add books not already included in the larger survey results book list."
I just looked at the list. Flowers in the Attic? There's some great literature for you. ha My ex's daughter was not allowed to read it when she was 13. She did not know that she was the product of her mother getting pregnant by her sister's husband. I did, so I let her read my copy. It's not like they were blood related. Afterwards, she didn't know what the big deal was about not reading it. Some time later, after a fight with her mother's family, she came to me asking if I knew that her dad was not really her dad. And is that why she wasn't supposed to read Flowers in the Attic (which she told her mother I let her do). Sheesh.
I remember reading A Separate Peace, but all I can tell you is it was about a boys' school. I don't remember what the theme or point was or why it would be so popular.